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The Call of Trains

Written by ray on December 10, 2008 - 0 Comments
Categories: Books

Trains and photography have always interested me. This book combines the two and is now at the tp of my reading (or viewing) list. Some books just can’t be converted to ebooks and are meant to stay on paper. This is one of them. Jim Shaughnessy is the quintessential railroad photographer of the 50’s and [...]

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Don’t Forget…

Written by ray on December 9, 2008 - 0 Comments
Categories: Misc

…to change your clocks on December 31st, 2008. Yahoo News: 2008 Will Be Just a Second Longer.

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Tribune Media Goes Bankrupt

Written by ray on December 8, 2008 - 0 Comments
Categories: Failing Businesses

The Tribune Media Company filed for bankruptcy protection today. Most of the headlines position this as a newspaper company filing for bankruptcy. They do own the Chicago Tribune, LA Times along with others, including my local paper. They also have the Chicago Cubs and television stations among their properties. I’m sure a lot of the [...]

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Oh Those Australians

Written by ray on December 8, 2008 - 0 Comments
Categories: Government

For a country that the British initially settled as a penal colony the Australian government and courts seem to have a pretty moralistic attitude with some of their current laws. Maybe they feel their citizens are prone to criminal acts and are incapable of determining right & wrong on their own? Ars Technica (among others) [...]

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Nikon D3x Rant

Written by ray on December 7, 2008 - 0 Comments
Categories: Misc

Ok, there’s probably some people upset that Hitler is ranting on Nikon (but hey, they were allies), but still, this is one of the funniest videos I’ve seen in a long time and I only mildly follow the Nikon/Canon rivalry (especially at the D3x price levels).

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Bad Web Design = Lost Customer

Written by ray on December 7, 2008 - 0 Comments
Categories: The Web

Peet’s Coffee & Tea is a coffee roaster out of San Francisco area that also does mail order coffee beans via a website. I’ve been a customer of theirs for a couple years, getting resupplied every three weeks. It wasn’t cheap and certainly fell into the luxury category, but I enjoy the fresh beans and [...]

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